NHS R&D North West Mentors
Supporting health and care researchers across the North West through skilled, compassionate mentorship.
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Claire Howard
Professional Background: OrthoptistResearch Interest and/or Mentoring Expertise: Career Development as Clinical Academic, Driving, Embedding Research into a Clinical Career, Fellowship/Funding Applications, Stroke, Visual ImpairmentOrganisation: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustAcademic Qualification: Post Doc -
Jo Simpson
Professional Background: OtherResearch Interest and/or Mentoring Expertise: Capacity Building, Finding Academic Mentors, Finding Academic Supervisors, Finding Research Delivery Mentors, Finding Research Delivery Supervisors, Networking, NIHR Pathway, Research OpportunitiesOrganisation: NHS R&D NWAcademic Qualification: n/a -
Carolyn Taylor
Professional Background: DietitianResearch Interest and/or Mentoring Expertise: AHPs in Neurorehabilitation, Clinical Academic in DieteticsOrganisation: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAcademic Qualification: Pre DocAvailability: Online -
Dr Deborah Antcliff
Professional Background: PhysiotherapistResearch Interest and/or Mentoring Expertise: Chronic Pain, Complex Intervention Developmen, Consensus Methods, Musculoskeletal Conditions, Physiotherapy, Scale Development, Systematic ReviewsOrganisation: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustAcademic Qualification: Post DocAvailability: Online -
Prof. Bill Campbell
Professional Background: OtherResearch Interest and/or Mentoring Expertise: Early Career Researcher EducationOrganisation: NHS R&D NWAcademic Qualification: Pre Doc -
Dr Caitlin Wilson
Professional Background: ParamedicResearch Interest and/or Mentoring Expertise: Abductive Thematic Network Analysis, Clinical Decision-Making, Co-Design, Diagnostic Accuracy Studies, Diary Studies, Feedback, Intervention Development, Meta-Analysis, Mixed-Methods Research, Multi-Level Logistic Regression, Non-Conveyed Patients, Patient Safety, Qualitative Analysis, Realist Methods, Surveys, Systematic ReviewsOrganisation: Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS TrustAcademic Qualification: Post DocAvailability: Online -
Katy Boland
Professional Background: PhysiotherapistResearch Interest and/or Mentoring Expertise: AHP clinical research delivery roles, MSK, NIHR Pathway, Ortho Physiotherapy and RehabAcademic Qualification: Pre DocAvailability: Online -
Jo Thomas
Professional Background: PhysiotherapistResearch Interest and/or Mentoring Expertise: Critical Care, Moving Into Academia, Psychological Safety, Respiratory Care, Team Working, Ways To Increase Research InvolvementAcademic Qualification: Pre DocAvailability: Online -
Reshma Sule
Professional Background: PhysiotherapistResearch Interest and/or Mentoring Expertise: Early Intervention, Paediatric Neurodisability, Qualitative MethodsAcademic Qualification: Pre DocAvailability: Online
Become a Mentor
Become a volunteer mentor and help shape the future of healthcare research in the NHS. Share experience, open opportunities, and support mentees to navigate careers, research projects, and clinical development.
What mentoring involves